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The Wisdom of Failure
- Author
- Elizabeth Day
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 6 May 2027
- Run Time
- 6 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
With a foreword from number one Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of the award-winning How to Fail podcast, Elizabeth Day
Since its launch in 2018, the award-winning How to Fail podcast has transformed the way we think about failure. Through hundreds of honest, searching and often surprising conversations, Elizabeth Day and her guests have uncovered the life lessons hidden inside our greatest setbacks.
Now, for the first time, the most powerful insights from the podcast are brought together in one essential collection. Covering everything from confidence and friendship to family, fertility, body image, career, love, loss and more, this compassionate companion offers practical wisdom for life's inevitable ups and downs.
With insights from Lily Allen, Miriam Margolyes, Elliot Page, Malala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie, Rosamund Pike, Miranda Hart, Stanley Tucci, Monica Lewinsky, Pamela Anderson, Marian Keyes, Kate Winslet, Jarvis Cocker, Alan Cumming, Dolly Alderton, Brene Brown and many more, and featuring a foreword by Elizabeth Day, this is a book of hard-won truths, unexpected comfort and lasting perspective.
Wise, reassuring and deeply human, it reminds us that while failure is inevitable, it can also be our greatest teacher.
Critics Review
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Praise for How to Fail by Elizabeth Day:
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'Brilliant Elizabeth Day, who you could probably trust to talk eloquently about anything' Evening Standard
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'Brilliant … Covering everything from job rejections to failed IVF attempts, this podcast will make you feel better about life when things aren’t going to plan’ Harper's Bazaar
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'Funny and insightful' Grazia
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'It’s really quite special' Red
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'Whip-smart celebrations of things going, well, wrong' Emerald Street
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'Listening to this show is cathartic; failure is a constant experience shared by so many, and being open is not a bad thing’ BuzzFeed
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‘Tender and insightful, as well as acerbically funny’ Reader’s Digest
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth Day
- Duration
- 6 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 May 2027
- ISBN
- 9780008860684
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Radio / podcasts, Relationships: friends / friendship and peer groups: advice, topics and issues, Advice on careers and achieving success, Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice, topics and issues
Synopsis
With a foreword from number one Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of the award-winning How to Fail podcast, Elizabeth Day Since its launch in 2018, the award-winning How to Fail podcast has transformed the way we think about failure. Through hundreds of honest, searching and often surprising conversations, Elizabeth Day and her guests have uncovered the life lessons hidden inside our greatest setbacks. Now, for the first time, the most powerful insights from the podcast are brought together in one essential collection. Covering everything from confidence and friendship to family, fertility, body image, career, love, loss and more, this compassionate companion offers practical wisdom for life's inevitable ups and downs. With insights from Lily Allen, Miriam Margolyes, Elliot Page, Malala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie, Rosamund Pike, Miranda Hart, Stanley Tucci, Monica Lewinsky, Pamela Anderson, Marian Keyes, Kate Winslet, Jarvis Cocker, Alan Cumming, Dolly Alderton, Brene Brown and many more, and featuring a foreword by Elizabeth Day, this is a book of hard-won truths, unexpected comfort and lasting perspective. Wise, reassuring and deeply human, it reminds us that while failure is inevitable, it can also be our greatest teacher.
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